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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Carolina Chocolate Drops
Carolina Chocolate Drops
Performer
Dom Flemons
Dom Flemons
4-String Banjo
Adam Matta
Adam Matta
Bass Guitar
Hubby Jenkins
Hubby Jenkins
Guitar
Rhiannon Giddens
Rhiannon Giddens
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Jack Yellen
Jack Yellen
Composer
Lew Pollack
Lew Pollack
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Buddy Miller
Buddy Miller
Producer
Gordon Hammond
Gordon Hammond
Assistant Engineer
Robert C. Ludwig
Robert C. Ludwig
Mastering Engineer
Mike Poole
Mike Poole
Recording Engineer

Lyrics

You may wonder what's the reason for this great big smile; Say I haven't been so happy for the longest while; Got a big load off my mind; Here's the paper, sealed and signed And the judge was nice and kind all through the trial; This ends the five year war. I am myself once more; I can go where I please; I can come when I please; I can flit, fly, and flutter like the birds in the trees because I'm no man's mama now. I can do what I like; I can say what I like; I'm a gal who is on the matrimonial strike because I'm no man's mama now. I'm screaming now I know how a fellow feels gettin' out of jail. I've got twin beds and I take pleasure in announcing one's for sale. Am I making it plain? I will never again drag around another ball and chain. Because I'm no man's mama now. I can smile. I can wink. I can go take a drink, and I don't have to worry what my hubby will think. Beacause I'm no man's mama now. Are you gettin' it yet? I can spend what I choose. I can play and sing the blues, and there's nobody messing with my ones and my twos. Because I'm no man's mama now. I tell ya there was a time I used to think that men were grand. No more I've gone and labeled my apartment no man's land. I got rid of my cat because the cat's name was Pat. Don't even have a mailbox in my flat. Because I'm no man's mama now. Am I makin' it plain? I will never again drag around another ball and chain. Because I'm no man's mama now.
Writer(s): Jack Yellen, Lew Pollack Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
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